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LOADING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 14-, 1911.

Patented May 26, 1914,

R. & J. EWEN.

LOADING DEVICE.

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LOADING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

A plication filed October 14', 1911. Serial No. 654,;Z27.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that we, Bonner Ewan and Jane's Ewan, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residingat Cranbrook, in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Loading Devices, of which the ollowing is'a specification.

This invention relates to loading devices and more particularly to that type wherein a plurality of conveyers are used to load ties and similar articles upon freight cars.

In most of these loading devices it is ex tremely diihc'ult to get the ties or other timbers to the ends of the car and it is the object of this invention which will result. v,

A further object of the invention is the provision of a I oading evice wherein the receiving; and distributing conveyers may be connected upon either side of the intermediate or connecting conveyer, so that the ties or logs may be loaded from either side.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a loading device of this character wherein the conveyers may be arranged in small space so as to occupy little room andwhereby. if necessary, they may be conveniently transported from place to place.

Further'objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal section on the line H of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a power table which is supported upon suitable legs 2 above the ground and which has journaled therein, longitudinally of the table, a driving shaft 3 having fast and loose pulleys 4 and 5 arranged upon either end. Adjacent either end of the shaft there are secured thereto the worms 6 which are adapted to mesh with the worm wheel 7 upon the transverse shaft 8 which is mounted in bearings 9 carried by the sides of the frame. There are two sets of these hearings so that the shaft may be connected with either worm wheel for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Arranged upon opposite sides of the worm to provide a device conveniently accomplish this wheel 7 are sprocket wheels 10 over which travel chain conveyers 11 having suitable prmections aganged upon each link, as shown at 12, to properly engage the ties or lo e and. carry them over the side bars 13 of the receiving table.- This receiving table is constructed of the side bars 13 braced apart by suitable cross pieces 14 and supported at one end by the adjustable legs 15. The opposite ends of the side members are pivotally secured in the bifurcated ends 15 of the guiding arms 16 removably secured to the table 1, for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The adjust-ably supported end of the rec iving table has journaled therein a shaft 17 with sprockets 18ther'eon to. recentre the chains 11. I

lnt'err'nediatethe length of the shaft 3 and arranged between the worms 6 is' a sprocket wheel 19 over which trave s a conv'eyer chain 20 having buckets or paddles 21 thereon and having its upper reach travcling in a sectional trough 22. This sectional trough has its forward'end slotted, a shown at 23, so as to accommodate the sprocket. wheel and conveyer chain and has its rear end mounted upon adjustabl sup: pfu'ting is s as which are traced by the diagonal s rut-s 25. Th intermediate portions of the conveyer, adjacent the point 26 between the sections 27 and 28,-are supported by adjustable legs- 29 also braced by the struts 30. The sections 27 and 28 are held in alinement by means of hook and eye connectors 31 and a sliding supporting bar 32.

The sides of the section 28 are notched so as to receive the guiding arms 16, whereby the ties will be carried over the sprockets 10 and the side of the trough on to the conveyer chain 20. This conveyer 20, and its associated parts, constitutes a connecting conveyer and is herein indicated at B, the chains 11 and their associated parts being designated by the letter A. p v

J ournaled in the upper ends of the legs 24 is a shaft 33, in the center of which is secured a sprocket wheel 3 L to receive the chain 20. At one end of the shaft 20 is secured a bevel car 35 which is adapted to be placed in mes with a similar gear 36 carried upon a transverse shaft 37 journaled in bearings 38 in the side members 39 of the distributing conveyer C. This conveyer C comprises side members which are held apart by braces 10 and which have journaled in the ends the shafts 41 and 42, each provided with sprocket wheels 43 to receive the conveyer chains 44 similar to the chainsv 11 of the initial conveyer. Intermediate the length of the shafts 41 and 42 are secured sprocket wheels 44, one of which is connected by means of a chain 45 to the shaft 37 so that the conveyer chain 44 may be properly driven.

The conveyer C is supported at one end by the legs 46 and at the opposite end by legs 47 which are braced by the diagonal legs 48. The legs 15, 24, 29, 46 and 47 may be readily removed from their respective conveyors, so that all the conveyers may be packed in small compass for transportation or to occupy small space in storage.

The receiving table is shown as mounted within the freight car 49 running upon tracks 50. In operation the conveyer is setup in the freight car and the connecting conveyer mounted upon the power table and the receiving conveyer placed at either side of the table. The logs or ties are then fed to the receiving conveyer A in any suitable manner, so as to lie transversely across the chain and, as the conveyer is driven through the worms and worm wheels, the ties are moved across the conveyer and deposited in. the trough 22 where they are taken up by the buckets or paddles on the chain 20 and conveyed to the table C. They are projected lengthwise at this point across the conveyer C and are carried in either direction toward the end of the car. Rollers 51 and 52 are provided so as to receive the ties from the connecting conveyer B on to the distributin conveyer C. It will be noticed that the driven shaft 37 may be readily removed from one sideof the frame to the other, bearings being provided at either end of the frame for this purpose and that the receiving conveyer table may be connected to the opposite end of the power frame. The distributing conveyer may also be shifted to the opposite end of the car and have its chains driven in the opposite direction from the way they are now shown.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is:

1. In a loading device, a power table, a driving shaft journaled therein, a conveyer reversibly mounted upon the power table, means for connecting the same to opposite ends of the driving shaft, 2. second conveyer arranged at right angles to the first conveyer and having a connection with the driving shaft, and means for connecting the first conveyer to the table said means guiding material. from said first conveyer to the second conveyer.

2. In a loading device, a power table, a driving shaft journaled therein, bearings arranged on the table, a driven shaft geared to the driving shaft and adapted to rotate in said bearings, guiding arms adapted to guide material over the driven shaft, means for securing the arms to either end of the table a conveyer frame mounted upon the table and pivotally connected to the arms and conveyer chains thereon connected with said'driven shaft.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT EWEN. JAMES EWEN. Witnesses:

FRANK BRUCE MILES, GEORGE HERBERT THOMPSON. 

